scim·i·tar /ˈsɪmətɚ/
 彎刀,半月形刀


 Scim·i·ter , Scim·i·tar  n.
 1. A saber with a much curved blade having the edge on the convex side, -- in use among Mohammedans, esp., the Arabs and persians. [Written also cimeter, and scymetar.]
 2. A long-handled billhook. See Billhook.
 Scimiter pods Bot., the immense curved woody pods of a leguminous woody climbing plant (Entada scandens) growing in tropical India and America. They contain hard round flattish seeds two inches in diameter, which are made into boxes.

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 scimitar
      n : a curved oriental saber; the edge is on the convex side of
          the blade